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lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Wednesday, 12 June 2013 6:24:03 PM(UTC)
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would it be worth hitting a local beach with my gold bug, and if so is there any specific ground balancing techniques to use.. :)
if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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Kiwi218  
Posted : Wednesday, 12 June 2013 7:41:26 PM(UTC)
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Hi I use my gold bug down at the beach. I run it in all metal mode gain set about 12 o, clock and threshold about 1 keep ground balancing as you get closer to the water. The balance will be near 0 at the water's edge
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under the bedrock  
Posted : Wednesday, 12 June 2013 9:58:26 PM(UTC)
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depends on the beach and how much black sand there is and how soft it is ect
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Guardian  
Posted : Wednesday, 12 June 2013 10:18:07 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: nzpoohbear40 Go to Quoted Post
The old coins i found at the beach they were found as deep as about 2 feet or so in both wet and dry sand with my goldbug...what i did with my bug is i auto ground balanced in the wet sand and that allowed me to detect in both wet and dry without much problems..


Here is a tip from NZPoohbear40

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nzpoohbear40  
Posted : Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:50:37 PM(UTC)
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lol ...thank you gaurdian i was just going to say that same thing again...i have never had a problem when balancing in this manner..

ya you might get the odd bit of chatter but nothing un bearable...and when you get use to setting it just right you can detect for a good long time down at the beach... and as bedrock said you will have to adjust to the type of beach sand you are on....but allways ground balance in the wet sand first.
Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/
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lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Thursday, 13 June 2013 8:19:21 PM(UTC)
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thanks for that, you will surely hear from me if i have any luck :)
if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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madsonicboating  
Posted : Thursday, 13 June 2013 8:54:45 PM(UTC)
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let me know when ya going Lachie I will try and bring the F4 in to see if it works good too
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